Retailers
Seek Online Cop to Protect Customer Data - RILA's cyber-intelligence initiative
US retailers are looking to hire a top cyber cop to protect shoppers' personal
and credit-card data. This top cop will lead a
high-stakes operation launched earlier this year by the Retail Industry
Leaders Association (RILA) to combat audacious cyber crime. Retailers backing the
effort include JCPenney, Lowe's, Nike and Target. Brian Dodge, a spokesman for
the organization, the
Retail Cyber Intelligence Sharing Center, said it was still interviewing
candidates. The cyber sleuth will work with the private sector and government
collect and share data to bolster retailers' defenses against computerized
attacks, according to the job description. US retailers are adapting a model
charted by financial services players, sharing sensitive information. The new
cyber cop has a heavy load, especially during post-holiday season. "It is going
to be a complete roll of the dice," said cyber-security expert Daimon Geopfert
of McGladrey, referring to retail network traffic and data.
nypost.com

Retail Execs Question NRF's Black Friday DataOn Monday, the National Retail Federation stood by its estimate the day
before that total sales for the Thanksgiving stretch plummeted 11 percent, a
dire forecast that sparked industry reaction. The NRF was busy fielding
calls Monday from some top retail executives disputing the findings, which came
from a consumer survey. Among those disagreeing was Stephen Sadove, the former
Saks Fifth Avenue chairman and chief executive officer, who just happens to be
the chairman of the NRF. "I don't believe consumption was minus 11 percent,"
Sadove told WWD. “It's not consistent with what I have been hearing talking to a
number of people in the industry. The survey is a survey. It's not like anybody
is making up the numbers," Sadove added. “But it's polling data, not actual
purchasing data." Sources said Macy's chairman and ceo Terry Lundgren was also
disputing the findings, but Macy's would not confirm. "From our own data set, we
didn't see any evidence of a wholesale decline whatsoever," said Craig Johnson,
president of Customer Growth Partners. “One or two teen apparel retailers may
have been down a lot but all the big guys — Wal-Mart, Target, Costco, Best Buy,
Macy's - were modestly up. Nobody was near down 11 percent, and at worst, it
could have been kind of flattish. You have to question the methodological
accuracy of a self-reporting consumer survey. Consumers are notoriously poor
estimators of what they are going to spend." “I believe that sales were
stronger" than what the NRF estimated, said retail analyst Walter Loeb.
“Business Thursday night was pretty good. Friday was OK. On Saturday, traffic
was poor and Sunday was not much to write about. It wasn't a great period but it
was better than what they are saying." wwd.com

New point-of-sale malware on underground markets for $2,000
A new kind of point-of-sale malware similar to that which struck Target is being
sold in underground markets for $2,000. The malware, LusyPOS, was found on
VirusTotal, a website where people can submit malware samples to see if one of
several dozen security applications detects it. It had also been advertised on
an underground carding website, where people buy and sell stolen payment card
data.
csoonline.com

Amazon introduces warehouse robots
Amazon introduces its robots from Kiva Systems, machines that work in
fulfillment centers, moving around the warehouse floors. Amazon purchased Kiva
back in 2012 for $775 million. Together the companies developed little
characters that look like a cross between a "Star Wars" character and a space
station bot from "Wall-E," reported TechCrunch. There are 10 of these
tech-driven fulfillment centers across the United States-in California, Texas,
Washington, Florida, New Jersey-employing more than 15,000 Kiva bots. Other
technology inside the centers include Robo-Stow, a gigantic robotic arm that
shifts orders.
fierceretail.com

December & January - The Black Out Months for
job movement
With the holidays and inventories coming in January these two months represent
the slowest two months of the year for job changing and senior level openings.
It's been that way for decades.

Dallas Police have busted up a multi-million dollar stolen cargo ring
They found a warehouse full of stolen property, including everything from wigs
to semi-trucks. Police have been investigating three big theft ring for more
than three years. Among the items they found were more than 200 French key
chests, 293 quilted mirrors, 73 air conditioning units, forklifts, and
semi-tractor trailers. Police arrested Edel Cortina who, according to an arrest
affidavit, police linked to the cargo ring through fingerprints they found
inside the warehouse. And this may just be the tip of the iceberg. Sources tell
News 8 Dallas police - along with several other agencies - have been looking
into this ring for years and believe there are more warehouses filled with
stolen goods and plan to make more arrests. While police have been investigating
this cargo theft ring for years, it was the owner of the property who found the
stolen items when he came to change the lock because his tenant hadn't paid the
rent.
wfaa.com

Kentwood, Mich., Police launch P.R.I.C.E.
Preventing Retail theft through
Initiative, Collaboration, and Enforcement, began Monday and will focus on
retail thefts along the 28th Street corridor In November, the WZZM 13
Watchdog Team showed how organized teams have been targeting retail
establishments in the 28th Street corridor.
wzzm13.com

Security vs. Availability to Customers - The holiday retail 'freeze' is on
The holiday retail "freeze" is underway, which means any security upgrades or
technology additions are put on hold until after the busy holiday shopping
season and only critical security patches will be installed. With this in mind
the security industry has reacted to the retail industry's practice and gives
advice on how retailers can take a less than ideal security situation and get
the best possible outcome - avoiding a data breach. For retailers during the
holiday season, the main challenge and priority is often staying "available" to
customers, whether it is for online or in-store purchases. "At executive level,
service availability translates to transactions, which in turn relates to
revenue growth," said Richard Cassidy, technical director EMEA at Alert Logic.
"However, executives often neglect the wider collateral damage that can be
caused by a data breach. In this respect, surely 'security' is true availability
and as a result organisations need to understand that "change-control freezes"
only serve to reduce the focus on security."
retailfraud.com

UK
Retail Fraud Survey 2015 to provide new insights for retailers in their fight
against crime​ The UK Retail Fraud Survey 2015 will be
sponsored by WIS International, it has today been announced. The Survey,
launched in 2009, is based on primary research into the systems, processes and
strategies used by 100 of the UK's top retailers. It provides the single most
detailed picture available of the evolving fraud challenge facing retailers, in
all its dimensions, promoting a collaborative stance by the retail risk and loss
prevention community against fraud. It allows retailers to improve key business
processes and practices, and inevitably improve their bottom lines. If you are a
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In a ground-breaking interview spanning a multitude of topics,
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The benefits and dangers of retailer-vendor data sharing
The sharing of demand and inventory data between retailers and their product
suppliers can be a key enabler of retailer-vendor collaboration leading to
increased sales as well as marketing and inventory optimization for both
parties. However, to get the maximum value out of this best practice, it needs
to be programmatic and process driven. Most importantly, it must be a
foundational part of the business relationship between retailers and vendors.
The data sharing spectrum (i.e., no data sharing; ad hoc spreadsheets; EDI data
sharing; online vendor reporting portals) captures the most common approaches in
use today. The effectiveness of these various approaches can be evaluated
against three key criteria for generating business value: Accessibility,
Actionability, and Efficiency.
risnews.com

Wal-Mart Cites Strong Cyber Monday Orders - 'The Internet Becomes the Main
Source for Growth in Retail' Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Cyber Monday
helped the retailer deliver its best online day ever for orders, driven by a
surge in mobile traffic and sales of electronics. Wal-Mart added that about 70%
of its online traffic in the five-day period came from mobile. An early reading
of Cyber Monday showed that e-commerce sales increased 15.6% compared with a
year ago, according to Channel Advisor, which tracked transaction data for more
than 2,700 retailers selling online between midnight and noon Monday. The
results, after a weak Black Friday, underscore the extent to which the Internet
has become the main source of growth in the industry. The online operations of
traditional retailers such as department stores and apparel chains are catching
up-each posting big gains online this year.
wsj.com

Cyber Monday Still Growing, but Losing Steam
Cyber Monday might break sales records this year - but the shopping holiday lost
some of its momentum amid the influx of promotions that started last week.
online deals are no longer relegated to the Monday after Thanksgiving. While
Cyber Monday's overall sales take is expected to be 15 percent higher than last
year, that is still markedly slower growth than the 25 percent gain seen on
Black Friday.
wwd.com

Early Reports- Cyber Monday up 10% over LY
Adobe Systems Inc., which released sales estimates throughout the weekend,
reported online sales increased 25% year over year on Thanksgiving Day and 24%
on Black Friday, and are up 14% so far for the holiday season. Web sales between
midnight and 10 a.m. Eastern Standard Time were up 17% compared with the same
period in 2013 for a total of $719 million so far, Adobe found.
internetretailer.com

US online sales to reach $512B by 2020
Online retail sales in the United States are expected to reach $335 billion in
2015 and $512 billion by 2020. Despite sluggish retail sales in 2014, online
sales will grow at a double-digit rate for the next several years. Online's
share of retail sales is now around 11 percent, up from 7.4 percent in 2010. The
channel also accounts for 15 percent of general merchandise, apparel and
accessories, furniture and other sales during the holiday season.
fierceretail.com

"Fraud is not a person - it is a dynamic grouping of statistics
that deviate from the norm."
Stuart B. Levine, CFI, CFCI
CEO, The Zellman Group & Zellman Fraudnet

35 member ORC ring busted hitting Home Depot stores across southeastern
Wisconsin for $300,000 A man charged in a shoplifting scheme says it
relied on heroin users and hit Home Depot stores across southeast Wisconsin for
thousands of dollars in losses. Tyler Groeller of Janesville has been charged
with conspiracy to commit felony retail theft, conspiracy to conceal stolen
property, delivery of heroin and delivery of a counterfeit narcotic. He was
arrested Nov. 24 after selling heroin to an informant. The Janesville Gazette
reports Groeller told police he organized the scheme that funneled about
$300,000 to a local landlord over five to eight years. A criminal complaint says
the scheme involved returning items that had been shoplifted for in-store credit
loaded onto gift cards. The complaint says at least 35 "known heroin users" from
Rock County were involved.
wxow.com

7 member ORC theft ring busted hitting Target Stores on Black Friday in Portland
metro area Police arrested seven people at a Vancouver Target on Black
Friday, interrupting an alleged organized retail theft scheme that may have hit
other Targets around the Portland metro area. On Friday, loss prevention workers
at Target, 7809 N.E. Vancouver Plaza Drive, were told that a group of people had
committed thefts earlier in the day at the Jantzen Beach and Mall 205 Target
locations in Portland, according to Vancouver police spokeswoman Kim Kapp. They
also attempted to steal from the same Vancouver Target earlier in the day,
police said. They were working together to steal multiple items," Kapp said.
People matching the descriptions of the seven suspects walked through the
Vancouver store and put merchandise into a shopping cart. Some of them walked
the aisles, talking on cellphones, police said. Loss prevention employees saw
Nigeria A. Crawford, 34, of Portland, push the loaded cart out the door without
making any attempt to pay for the merchandise, which included two PlayStation 4s
and a pair of Hello Kitty headphones, according to court documents. Vancouver
police went to the store and arrested Crawford on suspicion of trafficking in
stolen property, second-degree organized retail theft, second-degree theft and
second-degree possession of stolen property. During an interview, she told
investigators she was going to sell the stolen items to get rent money,
according to court documents. Portland residents Chasadey N. Williams, 27,
Chaniece L. Hall, 24, and Shanta A. Parker, 22, and Sherwood, Ore., residents
Shanitra Presley-Crawford, 32, and Donnie J. Crawford, 29, were booked into the
Clark County Jail on allegations of second-degree organized retail theft. Hall
faces an additional allegation of second-degree theft. Target was among several
stores that reported high-value thefts on Black Friday in the Portland metro
area. A group of five people reportedly stole more than $3,000 worth of
merchandise from Posh Lingerie in the Bridgeport Village Shopping Center in
Tualatin, Ore. Police in Corvallis, Ore., arrested a woman who allegedly loaded
up a shopping cart with more than $1,500 worth of electronics at Fred Meyer. columbian.com

High-End Lingerie Store Targeted by Organized Retail Theft Ring of 5 in Bridgeport Village
Shopping Center, in Tualatin, Oregon Posh Lingerie, a high-end
lingerie store in the Bridgeport Village Shopping Center was targeted by what
appears to be an organized theft ring. On November 30, 2014 at around 5:30PM, 5
individuals (3 females and 2 males), entered the store. One of the subjects
distracted the lone clerk working at the store while the others took several
items. The subjects stole more than $2400.00 worth of merchandise. Tualatin
Police were notified of the theft the following day, December 1, 2014. The
investigators are in the initial phases of the investigation. There is no
suspect information at this time. The Tualatin Police ask anyone who may have
seen the subjects in the photos, or may have witnessed the incident to call the
Tualatin Police Department at 503-691-4800. blogspot.com

Follow Up to yesterday's ORC Couple/Duo arrests in Utah - Stole between $15k and
$20k across northern Utah The investigation began about three weeks
ago when Macy's at Valley Fair Mall was robbed twice, said West Valley Police
Lt. Scott Buchanan. The same people driving the same car were responsible,
police said. During the course of their investigation, detectives learned of
similar thefts across northern Utah. "We were able to determine these same
suspects were hitting other stores from that same retailer all around northern
Utah. Same m.o., same car, same everything. From Layton to Utah County and every
variant of that store in Salt Lake County was being hit," Buchanan said. "He'd
walk inside the store, select about $1,000 to $1,500 of high-value items,
typically clothing, and then just run right out the door and into the waiting
car." In each case, the man walked calmly into the store, grabbed items closest
to the door and left. The problem, Buchanan said, is that the thefts happened so
fast that the couple was already gone before mall security or police had time to
respond. "Despite the fact it was the same two people, they're not using
disguises or anything, they're using the same car. But unfortunately by how fast
they move, it's hard to track them down," he said. Saturday night, due in part
to tips received from the public, police found the couple at a downtown Salt
Lake motel and arrested them. All of the stolen merchandise was already gone,
Buchanan said. Buchanan said it's possible the couple may have been
responsible for even more robberies before West Valley police began
investigating. Police believe the stolen clothes were being traded directly
for heroin, he said. Detectives were still investigating a rumor Monday that
once the drug dealers got a hold of the clothes, they shipped them to areas
in Central and South America, Buchanan said.
desertnews.com

Orlando man gets 5 years prison for $500,000 in credit card fraud
Federal prosecutors said Monday that 36-year-old Tony Frith was sentenced to
five years and 10 months in prison for access device fraud. He also was ordered
to repay almost $470,000 in restitution. Authorities say when Frith was stopped
by Orlando police officers last year, the officers discovered more than 200
counterfeit credit cards during a search of his car. The police officers
discovered the credit cards were counterfeit and had been recoded with stolen
credit card numbers. Detectives found another 3,000 credit card numbers, as well
as Social Security numbers and names, during a search of Frith's computer.
cbs12.com

ORC Female Duo busted hitting Walmart store in State College, Pa. - Multiple
Arrests Police say that Margaret Habbershon, 54, and Luann Shoop, 59,
walked out of the Benner Pike Walmart on October 24 with a cart full of unpaid
goods. The two women allegedly stole four iPads and various other items,
totaling almost $2,200. It wasn't until over a month later, on November 29, that
the two women were arrested. According to the women's criminal complaints, a
Walmart employee recognized the two women when they came back into the store and
immediately called police. State College police were able to identify the two
women from security footage from October 24. They two women were arrested and
have been charged felony retail theft and receiving stole property. Bail was set
at $10,000. Habbershon previously pleaded guilty to retail theft charges out of
Juanita County last year, while Shoop pleaded guilty to receiving stolen
property in Mifflin County in 2007, according to court records.
statecollege.com

Couple hits Ulta store for $2,000 worth of name-brand merchandise in Little Rock
According to police, a male and a female walked into ULTA on University Avenue
on November 28 and started throwing bottles of perfume into a bag. Police say
the female suspect they are looking for is 22-year-old Jessica Drayer. Store
employees were able to identify the woman from her Facebook page. The man's
identity is still unknown. LRPD said the ULTA employees tried to confront Drayer
and her male accomplice, but Drayer threatened to physically assault the
employees. After throwing a bottle of perfume at an employee, the two suspects
were able to leave the store with the stolen merchandise.
katv.com

140-count grand jury indictment dismantles ID theft ring in Jefferson County, CO
Jefferson County grand jury has returned a 165-count indictment against a
suspected ID theft ring that operated for six months in 2013. According to the
indictment, members of the nine-member enterprise obtained personal and
financial information of people and businesses and used this information to
create checks and identification. Using computers and the stolen information
they created fraudulent documents including drivers licenses, state ID cards and
checks. These fraudulent checks would then be transacted at businesses or
financial institutions. Members of the enterprise would use the checks to obtain
cash, merchandise, personal property, services, gift cards, food, etc.
Merchandise and proceeds from forged check transactions were used and shared
between other members of the group to include the purchase and use of illegal
drugs. Nine people -- five women and four men -- have been indicted. Victim
businesses include King Soopers, Bed Bath & Beyond, Rite Aid, First Bank, Ace
Hardware, Wells Fargo Bank, McDonalds and 24 Hour Fitness.
thedenverchannel.com

Michigan woman with long criminal history arrested on Black Friday; nearly
$5,000 of merchandise recovered A 35-year-old Mason woman was arrested
Friday after pushing a cart full of merchandise she didn't pay for out of a
store in Delta Township. The Eaton County Sheriff's Office says she spent more
than two hours picking out $3,224.26 worth of items, and was arrested when she
walked into the parking lot. The same woman had been seen doing the same thing
at a different store earlier in the week. Deputies found that merchandise, worth
$1,406.23, in her car. The sheriff's office says the woman has a long history of
retail fraud, and is currently on probation for a felony retail fraud charge.
jrn.com

Witness leads Police to arrest in $8,900 Michael Kors watch theft from
Hicksville Mall, White Plains, NY A White Plains man was arrested
Monday night, charged with stealing more than $8,900 worth of designer watches
from a Hicksville mall, after police said a shopper saw him take the
merchandise, then followed him to the parking lot -- and called 911 to report
the license plate of his car. Police said that Pedrow stole the watches from the
Macy's store at the Broadway Mall in Hicksville. Police said a witness,
described only as "a Good Samaritan," saw Pedrow remove "an entire Michael Kors
watch display case" -- and leave the mall.
newsday.com

Our Holiday Networking Party will be
held Tuesday, December 09th, 2014 at 12:00 PM. As always, PAID
MEMBERS are FREE. For all others, the fee is only $50.00, payable by
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Our next meeting will be presented by: Sgt Tarik Sheppard, from the
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Walmart employee arrested for Arson fires in Ada, OK
A local department store employee was arrested Monday after allegedly setting
two fires at her place of employment. Lois Smith, 45, an employee of Wal-Mart in
Ada, told Ada Police Officer Brad Rhoads she was feeling stressed out when she
set the fires. The first fire was set in the trash can of the women's restroom
in the back of the store. Wal-Mart employees extinguished the fire but didn't
call for firefighters or police, thinking it may have been caused by a
carelessly tossed match or cigarette. Another fire was set about 30 minutes
later in the men's restroom. Employees extinguished the fire and called for Ada
firefighters and police. Police and store officials reviewed video camera
footage and Smith was seen entering both restrooms just before the fires
started, Rhoads said. Smith was arrested on suspicion of first-degree arson. No
one was injured, and damage was contained to the trash cans.
theadanews.com

3 Men Charged With Looting Downtown Oakland, CA Store During Ferguson Protest
The three men were arraigned in Alameda County Superior Court in
Oakland late Monday afternoon at a hearing that was attended by a large group of
supporters. Police arrested at least 135 people in the protests, which included
the temporary closures of several freeways and vandalism at many businesses but
the three men are the only people charged with felonies so far.
cbslocal.com

Shoplifter Chomps on Beauty Supply Store Worker's Wrist During Getaway
A Joliet woman attempting to abscond with beauty products from a North Chicago
Street store bit down so hard on an employee's wrist that her teeth made it into
the fatty tissue, police said. Chanel Lewis was charged with aggravated battery
and retail theft in connection with the 7 p.m. Saturday incident. An employee of
KOKO Beauty Supply store reportedly spotted Lewis slipping merchandise into her
shirt. The worker, a 51-year-old woman, confronted Lewis and stopped her from
leaving the store, police said. Lewis then allegedly sank her teeth into the
woman's wrist.
patch.com

Man on motorized cart shoplifts way through Walmart; Suspect pulls knife, tries
to escape using walker A Milton, GA man accused of stealing while
riding a motorized shopping cart through a Walmart is being held in the county
jail after he pulled a knife and tried to escape while using a walker, police
say. Milton Police Capt. Shawn McCarty said 56-year-old Michael Durkin picked up
items while he rode a scooter through store and then drove past a register
without paying on Nov. 26. McCarty said Durkin then used his walker to try
fleeing the store. McCarty said when a loss prevention officer approached
Durkin, he and pulled a knife and threatened the officer. Police say the
security officer followed Durkin up the street until officers arrived.
wyff4.com

Burglars Hit AC Moore through the roof in Hickory, North Carolina
Police said a thief broke into the busiest shopping center in Catawba County --
by going in through the roof. Channel 9 was with police Monday morning as they
tried to figure out how the thief pulled it off. The break-in couldn't have
happened at a worse time -- right after the big holiday shopping weekend. "It is
sad to think that there are people who have to do this at this time of year just
to get by, just to enjoy the holiday," customer Barbara Walter said. "They're
able to work. I hope they can sleep at night knowing what they've done." The A.C.
Moore was closed for hours Monday as police investigated. Channel 9 was with
police and firefighters as suited up before climbing onto the roof. From the
mast camera on the Channel 9 live truck Eyewitness News was able to shoot video
of the area where police believe the thief broke in: through an air conditioning
unit. Officers said once inside, the burglars cut or kicked their way through
several walls to get to the store's safe.
whky.com

Shreveport police seek man who burglarized Metro PCS store
Shreveport police are looking for the man who broke into a local cell phone
store. Police say the burglary happened just before 3 a.m. at a MetroPCS store
on Shreveport-Barksdale Highway. An officer patrolling the area witnessed a man
fleeing the area in front of the store where a window was shattered.
ksla.com

Port Royal, WA woman accused of returning stolen vacuum in exchange for gift
card A Port Royal woman was arrested Saturday after she showed up at a
Stafford County store with a vacuum cleaner that had been stolen a few days
earlier, police said. Stafford Sheriff's Office spokesman Bill Kennedy said
Deputy Joshua Scott went to the Walmart in Washington Square in southern
Stafford County Saturday afternoon in response to a call from a store loss
prevention officer. The store employee reported that a woman was in line trying
to return a vacuum cleaner for a gift card and the employee believed the woman
may have taken the vacuum Wednesday without paying for it. Kennedy said that by
the time Scott arrived, the woman had already gotten a $166 gift card for the
vacuum cleaner and had placed a power washer valued at $312 into a shopping
cart. After she walked past the cash registers without paying for the power
washer, deputies Scott and Burton Collins confronted her.
fredericksburg.com

Fake pregnancy belly used in theft from Barrie, Ont, CN electronics store
Police say a pair of thieves used a fake pregnancy belly to steal numerous items
from an electronics store in central Ontario. Barrie police say the thefts
happened Saturday when a man and a woman entered the store in the city's south
end, both of them communicating on cellphones as they looked around. It's
alleged the man took several items out of their packages and that the woman then
stuffed the items into the side of the fake pregnancy belly she was wearing.
Police say the pair, who were captured on security video, left the store and
were seen leaving in a silver Dodge Caravan before store security could stop
them.
cp24.com
Dunkin' Donuts worker uses plastic bag to prop store door open for burglar in
Staten Island, NY A Dunkin' Donuts employee helped an accomplice raid
the store where she worked by jamming a door lock with a plastic bag, police
allege. Nicole Orlando, 20, gave her partner in crime an assist at 10 p.m.
Saturday, police allege. Ms. Orlando worked at the store's 764 Manor Rd.
location in Castleton Corners, NY, police said, and video footage shows her
propping open a rear door with a cardboard box, then removing the box so she
could try a different way to keep the door from locking. She grabbed a white
plastic bag that held an unspecified item from a shelf, then placed the bag
between the door and the frame, preventing the lock from catching. Then she
left, and about 10 minutes later, an accomplice entered through the jammed door.
The accomplice placed a cash register atop a counter, grabbed money from a
change box, and fled. Police arrested Ms. Orlando on Sunday, charging her with
third-degree burglary, fourth-degree criminal facilitation and petit larceny.
silive.com

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The Hard Data on Being a Nice Boss
The age-old question still lingers: is it better to be a "nice" leader and have
your employees like you or should you be rough and gruff and inspire respect?
Research is showing that the nice guys are finishing first, as long as the right
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Networking has always been a key to career development and finding that next
job. However, if you're not careful it can also limit you, eliminate you and
even work against you. If your network is comprised of executives doing exactly
what you do, then you may have competition and may even find some working
against you. You've got to broaden and expand your network outside your
immediate group and establish relationships outside your company and your
professional circle. Remembering that quantity is no substitute for quality and,
as in any mutually beneficial relationship, what you bring to the table for them
is as important as what they bring to the table for you.